// Returns the record if the record existed, nil otherwise.
// The caller must FixAlloc_Free the result.
func removespecial(p unsafe.Pointer, kind uint8) *special {
	span := spanOfHeap(uintptr(p))
	if span == nil {
		throw("removespecial on invalid pointer")
	}

	// Ensure that the span is swept.
	// Sweeping accesses the specials list w/o locks, so we have